← Votes·2026-06-17

Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) *

Vote ID 194136Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+10 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast) *”. EPP, ECR, PfE and NI voted mostly in favour, while S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a narrow margin (289 for, 316 against, 51 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

289

Against

316

Abstain

Margin of victory

27 votes

Turnout (cast)

656

Absent

Participation rate

92.4%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 27 votes. 54 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (54) was larger than the 27-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP181 MEPs

For 146Against 21Abstain 0Absent 14

S&D135 MEPs

For 4Against 112Abstain 6Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 74Against 2Abstain 2Absent 4

PfE84 MEPs

For 41Against 7Abstain 29Absent 7

Renew77 MEPs

For 5Against 65Abstain 1Absent 6

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 0Against 45Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left44 MEPs

For 0Against 40Abstain 2Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 10Absent 1

ESN27 MEPs

For 6Against 19Abstain 1Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland45
Italy35
Spain29
Romania19
Czech Republic16

Most against

Germany52
France37
Netherlands22
Austria14
Belgium14

Divided delegations

Croatia
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 3Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 0Absent 2

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 11Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 3Against 12Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

France80 MEPs

For 11Against 37Abstain 29Absent 3

Germany95 MEPs

For 28Against 52Abstain 7Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 8Against 8Abstain 4Absent 1

Hungary20 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 5

Ireland14 MEPs

For 1Against 11Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy74 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 3Absent 5

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 2Against 7Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta5 MEPs

For 2Against 3Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 7Against 22Abstain 1Absent 0

Poland53 MEPs

For 45Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 10Against 8Abstain 2Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 19Against 4Abstain 3Absent 7

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 29Against 28Abstain 0Absent 3

Sweden21 MEPs

For 8Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

Individual MEP positions

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